Britain's Richest Man In Frame To Buy Chelsea From Roman Abramovich

Chelsea's next owner could be a season ticket holder, as Britain's richest man considers buying the club from Roman Abramovich.

There had been calls for the Blues' ownership to be seized from the Russian ever since Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine last week.

According to the Sun, there is three potential bidders in the frame to buy the five time Premier League winners, and billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, Britain's richest man, is amongst those interested.

"I think we've dipped our toe into the water with football. It's a very different sport. It's quite a complicated sport and a complicated world, and we've dipped our toe in the water."

Ratcliffe, who is reportedly worth £6 billion, owns Ineos and the company own the British based cycling team formerly known as Team Sky, have invested heavily in rugby and F1 and set up Eliud Kipchoge challenge to run a marathon in under two hours.

Abramovich, who has had incredible success with the club since he bought them in 2003, is thought to be writing off the £1.5 billion in debt the club owe him.

The Russian is said to want around £3 billion to walk away from the club, although that could change if there is further impending chance of any sanctions or asset freezing from the British government.

Then again, he did make a similar claim about Manchester United when the European Super League fell apart a year ago.